The firm recently has entered into a partnership with Moody’s
Analytics that will change the way the private payroll count is
calculated.The new private payroll count now is actually under Labor’s September job creation household survey net total of 114,000, 104,000 of which came from the private sector.

When the Labor Department revealed its September job count, it
sparked criticism from some quarters that the numbers were being
manipulated for political purposes as the November presidential election
drew near.

The soft ADP count could add credence to those who believe the pace of job creation is slower than the government’s numbers indicate.

“It’s huge, no doubt about it,” said Todd Schoenberger, managing
principal at the BlackBay Group in New York. “Their changing the
methodology tells me that if the number is cut in half with that revision, then the revision we’re going to see Friday is going to be a disaster.”…

ADP will announce its October count on Thursday, with the Labor Department to follow on Friday.

ADP usually releases its report on the Wednesday preceding the first Friday of the month, but held off because of damage from Hurricane Sandy. The firm is expected to announce a further revision to the September count along with its October totals. (Read More: Damage From Sandy? What About Potential Economic Boost?)

In reality, that’s the same policy the media have had since the attack.In any event, after some laughter, Leno said, “Well, the Republicans are accusing the White House of successfully engineering a massive cover-up of the Libyan attack.”"…

Ed. note: To Mr. Obama and the entire left in America: If it happens that front man, Obama, is re-elected next week, he won't be able to complete the term. Despite the media's best efforts, Obama's actions in the Benghazi scandal will become known and he'll have to step down.

“President Barack Obama met with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House on Sept. 11, 2012 at 5:00 PM—just 55 minutes after the State Department notified the White House and the Pentagon that the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi was under attack.The meeting between Obama, Panetta and Biden had been scheduled before the attack took place,and the Department of Defense is not commenting now on whether the three men were aware
when they met that day of the ongoing attack or whether Obama used that
meeting to discuss with his defense secretary what should be done to
defend the U.S. personnel who at that very moment were fighting for their lives in Benghazi….

The fact that the president had been scheduled to meet with Vice
President Biden and Defense Secretary Panetta at 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 11
had been publicized in the Washington Daybook–a planning service to
which news organizations subscribe–and included on the official White House schedule posted online by the White House itself.The State Department email notifying the White House and Pentagon of the Sept. 11 Benghazi attack was obtained by CBS News and reported by Sharyl Attkisson on Oct. 23, almost six weeks after the attack.The terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi began at about 9:40 p.m. Benghazi time—or about 3:40 p.m. Washington, D.C. time. “The attack began at approximately 9:40 p.m. local time,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Charlene Lamb told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in written testimony submitted Oct. 10.
About 25 minutes after the attack started—at 4:05 p.m. Washington, D.C. time—the State Department sent an emailthat went to multiple recipients, including two at the White House and one at the Pentagon.

The subject line on this email said: “U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi Under Attack.”
The text of the email said: “The Regional Security Officer reports the
diplomatic mission is under attack. Embassy Tripoli reports
approximately 20 armed people fired shots; explosions have been heard as
well. Ambassador Stevens, who is currently in Benghazi, and our COM
personnel are in the compound safe haven.” It went on to say: “The
Operations Center will provide updates as available.”In her testimony to the Oversight Committee, Charlene Lamb indicated that soon after the attack started, she was able to monitor it from Washington, D.C., in “almost real time.”“When the attack began, a Diplomatic Security agent working in the
Tactical Operations Center immediately activated the Imminent Danger
Notification System and made an emergency announcement over the PA,”
Lamb testified. “Based on our security protocols, he also alerted the
annex U.S. quick reaction security team stationed nearby, the Libyan
17th February Brigade, Embassy Tripoli, and the Diplomatic Security
Command Center in Washington. From that point on, I could follow what was happening in almost real-time.”…

After several hours of spirited debate, not unlike conversations taking place in kitchens and living rooms across America, we reached a consensus that he had not.Perhaps more importantly, when we identified the key challenges facing the nation – jobs, the economy and the national debt – we
concluded he was not the best candidate to meet them.

That person is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and we hereby endorse him to become the 45th president of the United States.

During his many years in the private and public sectors, Romney has demonstrated the critical leadership skills necessary to bring people together toward a common goal.

He did it when he founded a successful investment firm at age 37. He did it when he helped rescue a scandal-plagued Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002.
And he did it when he worked with an overwhelmingly Democratic
Legislature after being elected governor of Massachusetts that same
year.

As we noted when we endorsed Romney for the GOP nomination prior to
the New Hampshire primary in January, Washington is broken. In order to
fix it, it will take a strong leader willing to roll up his sleeves and work directly with the heads of both parties to carve out the best possible solutions.

But true leaders find ways to work around such obstacles, much like
Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton did during their terms in
office.

True leaders also don’t wait until two weeks before Election Day – in the form of a 20-page booklet, no less – to lay out a specific agenda for the next four years. Coupled with the negative tenor of the campaign, that merely confirms the president and his strategists felt thatattacking Romney’s agenda was more politically expedient than releasing one of their own.
Some cynics have suggested, only partly in jest, that Obama-Romney is
at its core a contest between a man with no plan and man with a plan
that doesn’t add up, a reference to Romney’s own unwillingness to lay
out details of how he would balance his campaign promises with his
tax-and-spending plans.

Of the 11 states with gubernatorial elections in November, eight are now led by Democrats, and each of the most competitive races is a GOP pickup opportunity. The numbers suggests that Republicans soon will claim 30 to 33 governorships after holding just 22 a few years ago— an advantage not reflected in the divided Congress or competitive presidential race.“It says that when people arechoosing the government closest to the people, they’re choosing Republicans,” Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said in an interview. “They realize the CEO of the state has got to be someone who’s fiscally conservative and is going to focus on jobs.”

“Mitt Romney had it only half right when he attempted in the second presidential debate to score Barack Obama for his reluctance to concede that Benghazi was a terrorist attack. The real issue is not how long the president took to call the assault on the U.S. consulate an “act of terror”—but that he still has not called it an act of war.

(continuing): “However ridiculous it might have been to blame the whole thing on a YouTube video,
politically the tactic was far preferable to admitting that the
president who boasts about getting us out of war in Iraq and Afghanistan
might have a whole new one brewing in Libya.

Start with the Central Intelligence Agency, whose
spokesman declared in an Oct. 26 statement that “no one at any level in
the CIA told anybody not to help those in need.” In Beltwayspeak this
means: The buck stopped somewhere between the Pentagon and the White
House.At the Pentagon, meanwhile, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says that because there was not enough real-time information available about the attack, “Gen. [Carter] Ham, and Gen. [Martin] Dempsey and I felt very stronglythat we could not put forces at risk in that situation.” Mr. Panetta’s problem is that a Utah congressman who visited Libya is saying that Gen. Ham told him that forces were in place to move but he never got the order. Adding to the intrigue was the announcement earlier this month that Gen. Ham will be replaced as head of the U.S. Africa Command. On Monday, Gen. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said that Gen. Ham’s reassignment from the Africa command was not because of Libya.

Last Friday, however, KUSA-TV reporter Kyle Clark in Denver put it to the president simply and directly in a satellite interview: “Were the Americans under attack at the consulate in Benghazi, Libya, denied requests for help during that attack? And is it fair to tell Americans that what happened is under investigation and we’ll all

The video from this camera – I am told – shows (and proves) there was NO PROTEST outside our Consulate.The Obama Administration had that tape immediately and they knew what it showed and knew it immediately. Anyone who watched the video observed the obvious.

Don’t you think the Obama Administration should release that video so that the American people can see for themselves what REALLY happened and not what the Obama Administration tried to feed them in the weeks after the terrorist attack? They won’t release the tape – in fact, they are hiding the video tape from you by classifying it so that it remains out of our reach.

In the end, we need moderation, not ideology, to facilitate an economic recovery. It is the central issue that affects us all….

Obama cannot escape the burden of his share of culpability.

At a time when the economy was wracked, he chose instead to focus on health care reform. In doing so, his administration chose early on to fight with Congress rather than to work with it. He chose to force his landmark health care bill through Congress without a single Republican vote, significantly contributing to the bitter atmosphere of division in Washington.

And however well intended his belief that the Bush tax cuts should be ended for upper-income brackets, his $250,000 benchmark has been remarkably low, as many two-income families and small business owners and others in the suburbs can attest.

At 4 a.m. local time onSept. 11 — six hours and 20 minutes after the initial attack began — former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were killed at the CIA annexnot far from the consulate by a mortar shell.The machine gun they were firing was encrusted with blood, an indication they continued to fight after being wounded.

He could have given the order but did not,
even after an email, in which the al-Qaida-tied group Ansar al-Sharia
claimed responsibility, arrived at 6:07 p.m. ET to a distribution list
that included the White House Situation Room.

Some suggest that sending nearby AC-130 gunships or Apaches would have been futile
because in the chaos they couldn’t have identified the attackers and
might have hit innocents. A few well-timed machine gun bursts at nowhere
in particular would have been sufficient to disperse the jihadists.

But one reporter was anxious to know if they were prepared for Mitt Romney.

“Are you worried about the possible politicization of the storm response?” the reporter asked. “We’re a week out from the election. Governor Romney might say something about how you guys are responding to it or going to rallies and that stuff.”

“Well, I don’t want to predict what Governor Romney may or may not
say,” Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest answered.”…via Free Republic

"This strong Cat.-3 Hurricane struck several coastal areas of New England
in September of 1938 with little warning, killing 256 people and moving
at a forward speed over 50 MPH. The Blue Hill Observatory at Milton,
Massachusetts reported a sustained wind of 121 MPH with a gust of 183
MPH. Hartford Connecticut had a low pressure reading of 28.04 inches.
Just over 2000 people were injured. Damage was around $250-million
dollars. (1938-dollars.)"

"But
where the nation was most in need — restarting the economy and making
significant progress on reducing our enormous national debt that
recently soared past $16 trillion and dangerously threatens our future
well-being — the president and his administration have come up short.

And
more recently, the ever-changing account of how his administration has
responded to and explained — or hasn’t — the assassination of a U.S.
ambassador and three other Americans in Libya is raising troublesome
doubts about the chain of command and whether there’s been a cover-up.

Most
important, we think Mitt Romney’s business savvy, understanding of the
nation and world’s financial ins and outs, and leadership skills proven
in public venues are more likely to ignite a robust economic recovery in
the next four years."...via Lucianne

What kind of entity tricks its citizens into paying higher and higher prices to buy stocks? What kind of entity drives the return on retirees’ savings to zero for seven years (2008-2015 and counting) in order to rescue poorly managed banks?

“But what he’s not going to do, if Congress refuses to act, is sit on the sidelines and do nothing. That’s the path he’s taken.”It is a transformation that could forever alter the way Washington works….

Unfortunately for the GOP, it’s probably impossible to persuade most voters, and most courts,that the president of the United States is regularly breaking the law (as even many conservatives concede). …Obama isn’t going to get impeached, and rightfully so.”…

[Ed. note: As Mark Levin notes, "rightfully so?" Why? Why is it right that a president not be impeached for such behavior?]

(continuing): “Of all Obama’s go-it-alone maneuvers, none highlights the thorny temptations of his new governing strategy as clearly as June’s DREAM Act deferral—which was developed by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on a separate track from

Ed. note: What if all of us were like Obama, what if we all just took what we wanted? There would be no civilization, Mr. Blodget. You and Obama are spoiled cry babies if not completely insane. Obama gets or takes whatever he wants. His way of treating weakling GOP members was to tell them, "I won." Hey, Mr. Blodget, how many Nobel Peace Prize winners

“Discussing Benghazi, Pat Caddell says the press has “been in the tank on this in a way I’ve never seen… I am appalled right now. This White House, this President, this Vice President, this Secretary of State, all of them, are willing apparently to dishonor themselves and this country for the cheap prospect of getting reelected…willing to cover up and lie. The worst thing is

the very people who are supposed to protect the American people with the truth –

The video from this camera – I am told – shows (and proves) there was NO PROTEST outside our Consulate.The Obama Administration had that tape immediately and they knew what it showed and knew it immediately. Anyone who watched the video observed the obvious.

Don’t you think the Obama Administration should release that video so that the American people can see for themselves what REALLY happened and not what the Obama Administration tried to feed them in the weeks after the terrorist attack? They
won’t release the tape – in fact, they are hiding the video tape from
you by classifying it so that it remains out of our reach.

The Obama Administration doesn’t even have to release the entire tape
(although they should) — I just want to see the few minutes before our
Ambassador and the Turkish Diplomat walked out of the Consulate….and a
few minutes after the Turkish Diplomat leaves and the Ambassador returns
insides.

Releasing the video (or stills from the video) now would in no way jeopardize the Obama Administration’s internal investigation.
The video is what the video is. If someone appears in the who might
have reason not to have his identity disclosed (security), his of her face can be blurred. That is simple.

Release the video would be a good faith showing that the White House is not hiding anything and really does believe in the transparency the President promised when he ran in 2008….

“The tone of the 2012 campaign might best be captured by the need to begin with an emphasis on what the Republican candidate will not do. Mitt Romney will not raise taxes on the middle class. He will not destroy Medicare.And he will not lie to the American people every time he opens his mouth.

Political campaigns exaggerate grossly, play loose with the facts and cast the opposition in the worst light imaginable. Yet it is difficult to recall a campaign less truthful than President Obama’s in 2012.Its foundation rests on deeply misleading assertions about Romney, a strategy made inevitable by the current administration’s weak record.

His offense is intended to distract from policies that have led to nearly four years
of economic stagnation, stubbornly high unemployment, collapsing
middle-class incomes, increasing rates of poverty, rising prices for
life’s most basic necessities — and shrinking American influence around
the globe.

Obama has proven, in Americans’ real-world experience, thatmassive government spending, suffocating regulatory expansion, feckless diplomacy and exploding debt do not foster peace and prosperity. Quite the opposite. It is — with considerable urgency — time to change.

*****The Obama campaign has chosen a novel approach, claiming, in essence, that the Republican nominee means nothing that he says, except when it serves the needs of the incumbent. Thus, the relentless palaver about higher taxes and crashing entitlements, all delivered under the deceptive cover of
“bipartisan” studies and “impossible” math. And then there’s the master
of smirk, Joe Biden, hanging around just for laughs.

Romney understands the value of free enterprise, appreciates its utterly unique ability to alleviate poverty,
unleash creative endeavor, spread wealth and lift the burden of
ceaseless backbreaking labor. In this year’s presidential campaign, he
is alone in that respect.

cut the deficit by reducing federal spending to 20 percent of the economy or less;

open new markets overseas for American goods and services while defending U.S. interests abroad;

reform and simplify the tax code by lowering rates for individuals
and businesses while eliminating deductions and exemptions that distort
economic decisions, slow growth and favor the politically powerful.

*****Romney will improvea dysfunctional tax system, as did Ronald Reagan, to encourage work, investment and risk-taking. Less complexity means less corruption and cronyism.By
contrast, Obama claims a $60 billion annual tax increase on
higher-income Americans, including successful small businesses, will
magically erase trillion-dollar deficits while providing extra cash for
education, medicine, research and all-around middle-class happiness.

Obama pretends that Republican reformers pose the only real threats to Medicare and Medicaid. Romney acknowledges that these programs face forced marches to bankruptcy unless someone
has the courage to fix them. He promises to examine means-testing,
market solutions, competition and state-level innovation. His is a
progressive approach.

Romney also promises to repeal Obamacare — a singularly necessary step to restore America’s entrepreneurial spirit
— and replace it with reforms that will not bust the budget, not
trample individual rights, not undermine the independence of patients
and medical professionals. Turns out, an economic crisis is no time to insist on an overwhelming and incoherent government program that does little to solve problems but much to suppress job-creation. Repeal may be the most effective stimulus package passed in nearly a decade.

* * * * *National security ranks as any president’s first duty to his countrymen. Obama’s record on foreign affairs, while perhaps less
disturbing than his dismal performance on domestic matters, nevertheless
fails to inspire confidence. Romney’s analysis at VMI earlier this
month is accurate:

“The president is fond of saying that ‘The tide of war is receding.‘ And I want to believe him as much as anyone. But when we look at the Middle East today
— with Iran closer than ever to nuclear weapons capability, with the
conflict in Syria threatening to destabilize the region, with violent
extremists on the march, and with an American ambassador and three
others dead likely at the hands of al-Qaida affiliates — it is clear that the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office.”

“I believe that if America does not lead, others will —
others who do not share our interests and our values — and the world
will grow darker, for our friends and for us. America’s
security and the cause of freedom cannot afford four more years like the
last four years. I am running for president because I believe the
leader of the free world has a duty, to our citizens, and to our friends
everywhere, to use America’s great influence — wisely, with solemnity
and without false pride, but also firmly and actively — to shape events
in ways that secure our interests, further our values, prevent conflict,
and make the world better — not perfect, but better.”

This is the right approach,
expressed with the appropriate mix of confidence, clarity and humility.
Romney is ready to take command, as he demonstrated in Monday’s debate.

* * * * *Four years ago, Barack Obama’s campaign and election
generated remarkable pride and optimism, even among many of those who
did not vote for him. He seemed filled with promise.

But his presidency has been filled with disappointment and failure. Those issues that inspired the most
passion among his supporters — principally having to do with the war
powers of the executive and the tension between civil liberty and
national security — have been the ones on which his promise-breaking has been most feckless.

Obama’s policies have paralyzed our country’s economy and pushed its budget to the brink of catastrophe. Our allies abroad are nervous, our enemies encouraged. And yet the president offers no change and little hope. His campaign has hit a single endless negative note, one that ultimately rings false.

Perhaps most disappointing has been the president’s divisive rhetoric
and his inability to forge alliances with the opposing party to find
solutions. Republicans share the blame for the angry tone in American
politics, but it was Obama who pledged just four years ago to bridge the
gap between red and blue, liberal and conservative. Instead, the man who sold himself as our first post-partisan president has proved to be our most partisan president.

During the debates, the president’s personal attacks on his opponent were, most often, met with strong but dignified answers. The president showed himself to be the less presidential of the two contenders. As a result, we know now who is better suited to lead a great but troubled nation.

Mitt Romney has succeeded as a family man, governor, entrepreneur, Olympic leader. He is a man of character, a problem-solver, a turnaround specialist. He has earned our enthusiastic endorsement. America needs President Romney.” via Free Republic